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Tony Craig

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Associate Professor Modern History, Intelligence and Security, Diplomacy, Northern Ireland and Britain's End of Empire.

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Dr Sarah Irving @drtermagant.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
1970s BBC histories of the British Empire. Horrifically racist but of historical interest to someone? Free. Collect from Stoke or could discuss a courier:
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Alun Thomas @alunrthomas.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
An actual academic job! At a UK university! Temporary but full-time! Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies. Deadline for applications is very soon. Please share widely. Contact me for more info. uk.indeed.com/m/viewjob?jk...
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Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies - Stoke-on-Trent - Indeed.com
Apply for the Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies job in Stoke-on-Trent! Learn more about the job description, salary and job details to see if you qualify on Indeed today.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Just advertised, a job as Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies and International Security. jobs.staffs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Exciting job, in a great team, but with a short turnaround. Applications close 7 July.
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Job Opportunity at the University of Staffordshire: Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies
About the RoleAn exciting opportunity is available for a Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Intelligence Studies who can also teach International Security.The successful candidate will work alongside our exp...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
New post out: We have an interview with John Bew - one of the most influential people in British politics over the past decade + foreign policy adviser to four PMs. (Free to read) samf.substack.com/p/interview-...
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Interview with John Bew - adviser to four Prime Ministers
On Whitehall, Ukraine, Trump and the global challenges facing Britain
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Dr Mary McAuliffe @drmarymcauliffe.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Happy Nollaig na mBan to all the great women, feminists, activists, historians, family, friends and colleagues in my life #nollaignamban #speirgorm
Nollaig na mBan
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Huw Bennett @bennetthuw.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Uncivil War, my book about the British Army and the Troubles in the early 1970s, is out in paperback on 15 January. Come and hear me talk about it at the National Army Museum on 13 February: www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on/unc...
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Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966-75
Join historian Huw Bennett as he examines the interactions between the British Army and paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland during the most violent phase of the Troubles.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Yep. Glad to see @britishacademy.bsky.social getting on to this. These smaller departments at post '92s have been decimated in recent years and the decline is continuing. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/news/univers...
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University course closures leave students unable to study many SHAPE subjects close to home - report
A new report shows that students are shut out of SHAPE education in their home regions, as large swathes of the UK are ‘cold spots’ for humanities, social sciences and arts degrees.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Congratulations to Dr Helen Yates on the successful defence of her PhD thesis today! Dr Yates' thesis was titled "Staying Alive: Crime, Agency, and Trauma during the Great Irish Famine of 1845-1852"
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David Storey @davidstoreygeog.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
A column from @frankie49.bsky.social that manages to link Festy Ebosele, James Joyce and Wittgenstein, via Connemara www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
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A Feast of Festy: A new lease of life for a colourful Irish name
Festus, from the Latin for ‘joyful’, is a popular boy’s name in Nigeria
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Harvard. On offer this week at Lidl.
Harvard University t-shirts for &
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Loki @lokideburca.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
"Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway" Other journalists should take notes on reporting from Maxim Kelly. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
Excerpt from the article:
"The anti-immigrant activists also carried a flag of Jesus of Nazareth – possibly history’s most famous refugee - and Welsh-born immigrant, St Patrick, much to the mirth of onlookers, who posted dozens of bemused videos on Galwegian social media channels regarding the marchers’ misspelled ‘Galimh’ banner. United Irishmen, crowned harps, ‘Erin go bragh’ and Sacred Heart flags were also flown by marchers, who played songs by lifelong socialist, Luke Kelly, amplified through loudhailers. One woman was dressed up as Anglo-Irish nationalist and socialist revolutionary, Constance Markievicz."
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Brian Nisbet @natural20.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
If you have to write about awful people gathering and doing awful racist things, then this is absolutely the way to do it. www.advertiser.ie/galway/artic...
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Visitors stage anti-migrant march in Galway
Galway city centre was especially busy last Saturday, with racegoers, summer tourists and the unusual addition of a march by far-right agitators, met by an anti-fascist counter demonstration, causing ...
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Fantastic new book here showcasing the excellent new research out there in intelligence history. So happy my author's copy arrived today. 🙂‍↔️
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
50 free copies of this short review from me of Peter Finn and Robert Ledger (eds),The official record: oversight, national security and democracy www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10..... An even shorter review would be 'go read it'.
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The official record: oversight, national security and democracy
Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2025)
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
Oli North would've used Signal.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Gordon Correa just now, 'Oleg Gordievsky has died. A KGB officer who spied for MI6, he supplied vital intelligence that helped manage tensions between the West and the Soviet Union in the 80s. Nothing suspicious to his passing, I understand'
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Today's fantastic trip to MoD Chicksands and their Military Intelligence Museum, topped with a talk from Defence Intelligence. #universityofstaffordshire #ProudToBeStaffs .
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
I'm not sure I understand, the NZ High Comissioner got sacked because there aren't parallels you can draw between the Munich Agreement (and the Nazi-Soviet Pact for that matter), or because there are. #appliedhistory www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New Zealand fires UK envoy Phil Goff over Trump comments
Phil Goff asked if Trump
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Percy Jackson for World Book 2025 and he's nailed the hair.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
@helenyates.bsky.social Here you go!
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social absolutely smashing it last night, right when the world needs clarity, the Newsnight team delivers again. www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
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Newsnight - US Votes With Russia at UN
Three years to the day since Vladimir Putin launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the US breaks with its Western allies to side with Russia at the United Nations. With Victoria Derbyshire.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
How pictures paint a thousand words!
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Joe Devanny @joedevanny.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Hearing first from the bereaved and survivors is a very moving and powerful way to start the public hearings of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry. Reading the inquiry’s terms of reference, I was struck by how historically challenging some of its judgements will be for the Inquiry to make.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
And here was me hoping Trump would pull a William Henry Harrison and catch pneumonia on from his inauguration. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Donald Trump's inauguration moved indoors due to 'dangerous' cold
The last president to be sworn-in indoors was Ronald Reagan in 1985, when cold weather also plagued the US Capitol.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
This Saturday I'll be hosting an Open Day for anyone interested in the attendance Security and Intelligence undergraduate degree programme here at the University of Staffordshire. Roll up Roll up.. spread the word, and sign up here www.staffs.ac.uk/visit/underg...
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Undergraduate Open Day - University of Staffordshire Atoms/Iconography/close-white@2x
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Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I'm offering a short online course for the American Irish Historical Society over 3 weeks in December. Researching the Irish in the American Civil War- from where they fought to navigating pension files and other records. More details and how to sign up here: aihsny.org/events-2/aih...
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AIHS History Course: Researching the American Civil War — American Irish Historical Society
Join Dr. Damian Shiels for a three part course into using several fascinating archives in your Irish in the Civil War research.
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Chuck🏳️‍🌈 @mooney039.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Is notre dame hockey afraid of starting The Troubles 2
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
#BritishFBI UK National Crime Agency to sack their PR Team after evidence emerges that nobody knows who they are. www.lbc.co.uk/news/major-t...
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'Major' Turkish supplier of small boats for Channel migrant crossings arrested as 'British FBI' swoop in airport
A suspected people smuggler has been arrested in Amsterdam, accused of supplying small boats for English Channel crossings.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
"“I was hoping we could get one of those foreign bosses, like the Catholics have. Someone who could work a bit of latin magic on the team and bring back the glory days we haven’t seen since Henry the Eighth." newsthump.com/2024/11/12/c...
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Church of England appoint Sam Allardyce to shore things up until the end of the season
The Church of England has announced Sam Allardyce as the new Archbishop of Canterbury until the end of the season.
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 10/09/2024
#UncivilWar Hope you can tell I really enjoyed reading this one. academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-... @bennetthuw.bsky.social
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Uncivil War: The British Army and the Troubles, 1966–1975, by Huw Bennett
For many decades, scholars have debated how the Northern Ireland Troubles might be defined; whether a guerrilla or civil war, insurgency or terrorist campa
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Tony Craig @tonycraig.bsky.social · 24/05/2024
After a fantastic week Set in Clay Volume 6 (2024) is now published! sway.cloud.microsoft/JX9n9ThAFvVQ... Congratulations to all those whose work got included and thanks to the team of volunteers, on campus and beyond, who brought the project to completion so smoothly. Delighted to be involved.
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Set in Clay Volume 6 2024
Welcome to Set in Clay 2024
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Maria Panayiotou @captainmarrow.bsky.social · 08/01/2024
Neil Hannon wrote the new songs for the Wonka movie. The same Neil Hannon that wrote My Lovely Horse for Father Ted. This is like when I found out that Hans Zimmer wrote the theme tune for Going For Gold.
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The Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 20/11/2023
On the seventh anniversary of THIS image, here's a funny story about the elephants, Naomi Wolf and the absurdity of online nostalgia.
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